Kempton Farmhouse

Kempton Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the late 17th century, with extensions made in the mid-19th century and some later alterations. The building is constructed of uncoursed and roughly coursed limestone rubble, featuring ashlar dressings on the 19th-century section, and has slate roofs. The main part of the farmhouse is a long, late 17th-century range oriented east-west, with a T-shaped addition from the 19th century attached to the east end. There is also a two-storey lean-to at the south side of the 19th-century addition and a lower gabled range added to the west end of the 17th-century section.

The 17th-century part has two storeys, while the 19th-century addition has two storeys and a gable-lit attic, complete with a moulded eaves cornice and plinth. This addition features a two-window front with contemporary wooden mullioned and transomed windows that have chamfered ashlar surrounds. There are external end stacks with red brick tops and a brown brick ridge stack on the rear range. The entrance is located in the angle of the rear range, consisting of a six-panel door with a rectangular barred overlight, panelled reveals, and a flat bracketed hood. The gable end has slate-hanging and projecting double-purlin ends. The 17th-century section includes three 19th-century casements directly below the eaves and one on the ground floor to the right, with 20th-century casements to the left flanking a 20th-century half-glazed door. There is an infilled doorway immediately to the left of centre and an integral red brick end stack to the right.

Inside, the 17th-century part features a deep-chamfered cross beam and heavy joists in the right ground-floor room, which contains a large stack with a 19th-century cast-iron cooking range. The first floor has been recently altered, but it retains 17th-century plank doors with strap and L-hinges, as well as original wide boarded floorboards.